us. tell us more about what we might know about the conditions under which this hostage might have been released>> at the moment we know very little. the government is going to release as little information as possible. there have been negotiations through back channels. an intermediate may or may not have been malian. most likely from a regional ally has been negotiating through indirect channels with the jihadists operating in this region including northern mali. the president ousted president has been the got--to negotiator and have been concerns that the recent ouster may have put and end to those negotiations. we don't know whether that was the channel that was use. we will probably never know the truth. the french government negotiates not directly but via proxies with the jihadists. what do they negotiate about? the question of money and ransom money. there are two answers about whether or not france paid ransom money. there is the government's answer, which is no ransom money is ever paid in these situations. it has been a strict policy. that is the official answer. what we can gather fr

. >> we have a vehicle that has been following us and telling us she is a cop and keeps telling us to pull us over. >> the situation on i-80 in placer county on saturday turned from strange to scary fast. >> she just hit our are cay. she is pushing us off of the road. >> she is seen here in court today and she is accused of assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment and reckless driving. and this was her reaction to the charges. >> she has very hot temper. >> he was arosco's landlord when she lived in this apartment until 2009. he evicted her for not paying rent. her behavior was erratic then too. >> anything is possible for that lady. >> on saturday they say she was weaving in and out of traffic when the women in this mazda tried to pass her and they flipped her the bird which threw things into over drive. this is orosco banging on her window and flashing a badge which is for a senior assistance company and not a police department. >> to see somebody intentionally jerk their wheel to hit you, i can't explain it. it was weird. it was definitely scary. >> it was still not over. s

us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now.farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes, hocfarmersmarket.org. >> check them out. thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing. >> thank you. it was not easy to meet the $20 budget. i checked everybody out and found some great produce. really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. cyou know this can run you $35 to $45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produ

us tells us it's christmas we'll go with that. let's go to video here. hundreds of skaters took to the rothman institute skate rink here at dilworth plaza working on some of their holiday meals here in center city and they wanted to capture some quote some sense of christmas here even though the weather isn't really playing along to tradition. tourists have been here from all over. we actually met a couple from south america and they aren't too thrilled about this unusual christmas weather. >> i'm very disappoint. would have loved to have a white christmas. we don't get snow in south africa. white christmas would have been great. >> i was hoping for snow, too. but it's still nice. it's a great day to be sightseeing. >> i would liked a white christmas. what are you going to do. >>> we're getting a little bit of a wind that does make it a little bit chillier but still we are far far above the temperatures we would probably normally have this time of year, but it is christmas nonetheless. merry christ to you and yours. lauren. >> dave, thanks so much. take this warm weather while we have it. christmas celebrations at midnight with many at mass at cathedral basilica of saints peter panel. masses are celebrated traditionally add midnight to commemorate the birth of jesus being born at night. several other masses were held today at the cathedral basilica. >>> christmas day lunch for those people less fortunate. second pilgrim baptist church in fairmount has been offering christmas meals for the last 20 years. organizers of the lunch say helping their neighbors is what the holiday is all about. >> that's what we. to we just love everybody. we all need some help. that's all it's about. helping someone else. we love doing what we doing. we love it. i wouldn't change my place with nobody. >> in addition to the lunch the church also gave out clothes and shoes to those people in need. >>> and others spent the day waiting in line to see the controversial movie that sparked a cyber attack. the interview opening today in select theaters including wilmington's penn cinema riverfront. we were there as police dogs checked out property this morning before the first showi showing. brad satin caught up with people coming out of the much anticipated first showing. >> reporter: this theater has five showings of this movie on christmas day. it plays both i max and traditional movies and the owner here tells me this is the highest grossing non i max movie playing right now. >> say merry christmas to kim jong-un. >> sol out first showing of the interview turn out to be a merry christmas for penn cinema. >> i thought it was a good way to spend $12 and support free speech. >> reporter: supporting free speech what we heard as move 52 goers didn't appear the least bit concerned about all the hype and preparation surrounding the release of this comedy that included a sweep around the theater this morning with bomb sniffing dogs. >> quite a roller coaster ride for its release. fbi saying north korea is behind the cyber attack at sony which responded at first by canceling the movie's christmas day premier in 3,000 theaters only to then reverse course with a limited 300 theater run. also, streaming it on xbox video, youtube and google play. meanwhile, hackers had threatened any theater who's showed it. >> we made jokes about wearing helmets. but i really don't think they're that bright to put anything together. >> reporter: only real threat seemed to come from critics had gave it pretty lousy reviews. >> it's very -- it's funny. seth rogen and james franco at their best. >> reporter: clearly those critics weren't in this crowd. >> they always seem to be like funny people. they always want to poke fun and that's the whole nature of sattire. i just don't like that. >> it seemed to be all thumbs up leaving the theater. >> great. great movie. >> the question is how long will this movie run? the own are in says like all movies, as long as the audiences keep coming. if it's looking to break any records though it's got a ways to go. frozen here played for 14 weeks. in wilmington, brad satin, fox 29 news. >> world leaders are relaying a message of hope and peace in bethlehem where christians believe jesus was born. in vatican city pope francis delivered his annual christmas message and blessing focusing on those caught in conflicts. president obama spending the holiday with his familiar until hawaii asking american tousle brought and honor u.s. troops, veterans and their families. >> in just a few days our combat mission in afghanistan will be over. our longest war will come to responsible end. >> afghanistan american soldiers are looking forward to homecoming. fox's legal land vittert has that story. >> pretty important mission here. so to honored to be a part of that. at the same time, it's a little bit difficult being away from home. >> reporter: american and nato troops are celebrating christmas with dinner at the international securities assistant forces headquarters in afghanistan. this is expected to be the last time most of them spend the holiday in the country. many are expected to leave afghanistan by december 31st. in cuba catholic are not only celebrated the birth of jesus christ they're also celebrating the news that the united states and cuba will resume diplomatic ties. >> now we can be united and love each other like brothers. united with love and peace. >> reporter: meantime across the atlantic in the united kingdom -- >> for me the life of jesus christ the prince of peace whose birth we celebrate today is an inspiration and an anchor in my life. >> reporter: queen elizabeth the second partaking in her traditional christmas broadcast. the queen calling for reconciliation across the world and taking time to praise medical workers fighting ebola in africa. >> i have been deeply touched this year by the selflessness of aid workers and medical volunteers who have gone abroad to help victims of conflict or of diseases like ebola report roar the queen made her first christmas broadcast all the way back in 1952. then it was on radio. in new york, legal land vittert, fox news. >> another below tonight to atlantic city's troubled revel casino the florida developer in line to buy the property now wants a huge discount. lawyers for glenn straub said in a core filing the casino should sell for $87 million. that's 8 million less than what he bid at the auction. he says the auction was not fair. a judge is set to consider the sale on january 5th. >>> police arrested a woman for running down a valet outside a mainline restaurant then taking off. police say michelle simons pulled up to the valet stand at seasons 52 in upper maryland yesterday grabbed one valet's cell phone a second valet asked what's going on. she hit the gas hitting the second valet throwing him unfought hoofed her car. he hung on for a short distance then he fell several departments tried to pull simons over before they say she crashed in a par parking lot in whitpain townsh township. she's now in custody. >> and some christmas history in new jersey. group reenacted george washington's famous crossing of the delaware this morning. today's weather was much better than the freezing temperatures general washington and his troops faced in 1776. during the original crossings boats ferried about 2400 soldiers across the river. >>> christmas baby celebrates the holiday and a milestone. ellen kell lamb a resident at the senior disabled center in camden turned 100 years young today. her family and friends all held a party for her in the center's community room. her daughter says, she's thankful her mother is still around. >> everybody love her here. everybody love her. this is makes nine years. >> happy birthday to you miss ellen from fox 29. at least five generations were represented at that big birthday pear. >>> and this is one of the hottest gifts this holiday. but one guy couldn't believe what he saw when he opened his brand new play staying. >> i opened it. i said, oh, my god. >> what he found inside that even store employees couldn't believe. >> and saving the lives of an entire family wasn't enough for this special group of firefighters. their surprise delivery to give that same family some holiday cheer but first caitlin. >> lauren a merry and much unimproved christmas when it came to the weather. we got rid of yesterday's rain. we'll keep the mild temperatures into the first half of the weekend. we'll have all of that and the return of the winter weather all happening before 2015 and it's next in your seven day forecast. ♪ >> my favorite holiday memory is big family, two parents, six kids all around the christmas tree and we each had to open the gifts one at a time. opening experience would last four hours. it was great! ♪ >> this could have been a tough christmas gift to get a man in colorado thought he was buying a place station four for his family but he got this instead. two bags of rocks. the angry shopper says he got the run around when he confronted the store employees about the situation. >> when i opened it i said oh, my god, you know. he says they cannot do anything about it because they don't have proof how it came in. nothing. >> that's terrible. the shopper was given his money back giving him an opportunity to buy his holiday gift at another store. >> just in the nick of time rhode island's finest steps up and spreads christmas cheer. fire department delivering gifts to family they helped safe on christmas eve. the good deed coming just days after the mother' house burned down tuesday and the family lost everything. the mother says she's just thankful she and her family are alive following scary fiery ordeal. >> you're very welcome. >> my children. i can't replace them. i can replace coaches and houses and cars. my children are not replaceable. >> the family was trapped on the third floor of the burning home but firefighters managed to save that entire family. >>> a local animal shelter making sure our furry friends aren't forgot then this christmas. save me adoption center in philadelphia's popular section served a special gourmet meal to the homeless dogs and cats that live l the pups were given chicken and rice much the kittens got fresh baked salmon. >> it's really good for the animals. we think they should be treated like their at home while they're here in our shelter and, you know, i'm sure that if they found a home by now their owners would already be spoiling them so we wanted to spoil them tod today. >> as they should. the animals also got lots of new toys. thanks to donations and to santa claus. >>> dogs probably were loving the weather outside today, caitlin. >> yeah. >> they didn't have to bundle up. >>> i know because they didn't want to go outside the day before christmas eve with all that rain it was so dreary and many improved weather this morning. santa got in fine. no problems. the skies cleared we even saw sunshine throughout the afternoon right now still some clouds around but the rain is long long gone. there's that storm well offsho offshore. pushing even away from maine and into the canadian maritime taking all the rape and clouds with it so it was a wet but also very warm and even humid christmas eve night. our high temperature actually occurred at 2:00 a.m. this is our daily almanac report out of the airport. 65 degrees. that's only 3 degrees below the record high ever for christmas day in philadelphia. 681964. so 65 degrees happened at 2:00 a.m. but then the temperatures fell throughout the day once the drier cooler air came through. our low of 50 degrees actually occurring right now. so temperatures are very comfortable as you step outside on this christmas evening. it's 50 in philly. mid 40s north and west even above freezing all the way up into the mountains. 39 degrees there. great ski weather by the way tomorrow and saturday. from you can in millville. 47 down in wilmington and 47 in dover. now we've had about a bit of a breeze all day today. that made it feel cooler still seeing west winds about 15 miles an hour with higher gusts. but those winds will diminish as we head into tonight. fox future cast skies continue to clear overnight tonight that will segue into a bright and sunny friday morning. i think tomorrow we see a lot of sunshine finally. hard pressed to get really sunny days around here lately tomorrow should be good and probable fool saturday too. friday night into the weekend not bad. a few clouds around on saturday. low pressure develops towards our south. that will bring some rain in on sunday any outdoor plans saturday looks great temperatures well into the 50s, too. by sunday the clouds return, the showers return. we should have some on and off rain showers throughout sunday that could even end as some snow showers by monday morning. your forecast for tonight the rest of our christmas. 37 in philly. 28 in the burbs. skies clear those winds let up. tomorrow, friday, excellent mostly sunny skies, nice like today. but less wind and more sunshine, 52 degrees will be the high temperature. seven day forecast break it down for you as we head into the weekend big changes here. we keep the mild air through saturday. which will be really nice with the sunshine. by sunday it's still mild a high of 50 but we do have the rain current probably not as much rain as christmas eve but it will still be kind of dreary. then the colder air comes back monday we could start off with some flurries. it's chilly high temperatures in the low 40s although that's considered normal for this time of year. 40 on tuesday and then just in time for the new year it gets really cold. it does look quiet i don't see any snow chances with this. but high temperatures only in the 30s wednesday and new year's day on thursday. new year'new year's eve it willd did you not need the gear this christmas eve. yesterday was down right warm. >> it was. >>> light jackets and umbrellas needed but by new year's, don't worry. it will feel much more like winter because -- >> you're talking about temperatures in the 20s wind chills in the teens. >> i can't believe it. i was expecting i was bracing for the cold and it didn't happen. >>> just wait a week. it will happen. >> did you get all the things that you asked santa claus for. >>> complete dollar. what about you. >> i d my parents are coming tomorrow. i think santa left my gifts at their house and they bring it to me. >> different schedule when you live away from family. >> you're up from orlando for your first northern christmas. >> it felt like a florida christmas. i was happy. a week and lit all change. >>> all changing. we'll be right back. >>> all changing. we'll be right back. stay with us♪ we put all the apps you love inside a car designed to connect you to a world of possibilities. the connected car by volvo. innovating for you. give the gift of volvo this season and we'll give you 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. >> we have a vehicle that has been following us and telling us she is a cop and keeps telling us to pull us over. >> the situation on i-80 in placer county on saturday turned from strange to scary fast. >> she just hit our are cay. she is pushing us off of the road. >> she is seen here in court today and she is accused of assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment and reckless driving. and this was her reaction to the charges. >> she has veryer. >> he was arosco's landlord when she lived in this apartment until 2009. he evicted her for not paying rent. her behavior was erratic then too. >> anything is possible for that lady. >> on saturday they say she was weaving in and out of traffic when the women in this mazda tried to pass her and they flipped her the bird which threw things into over drive. this is orosco banging on her window and flashing a badge which is for a senior assistance company and not a police department. >> to see somebody intentionally jerk their wheel to hit you, i can't explain it. it was weird. it was definitely scary. >> it was still not over. she chased

. >> we have a vehicle that has been following us and telling us she is a cop and keeps telling us to pull us over. >> the situation on i-80 in placer county on saturday turned from strange to scary fast. >> she just hit our are cay. she is pushing us off of the road. >> she is seen here in court today and she is accused of assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment and reckless driving. and this was her reaction to the charges. >> she has very hot temper. >> he was arosco's landlord when she lived in this apartment until 2009. he evicted her for not paying rent. her behavior was erratic then too. >> anything is possible for that lady. >> on saturday they say she was weaving in and out of traffic when the women in this mazda tried to pass her and they flipped her the bird which threw things into over drive. this is orosco banging on her window and flashing a badge which is for a senior assistance company and not a police department. >> to see somebody intentionally jerk their wheel to hit you, i can't explain it. it was weird. it was definitely scary. >> it was still not over. s

us from washington, d.c. gentlemen, thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> telling us how we give mr. berg. >> most americans give in the ways they're used to giving. the wealthy give less in aggregate and they tend to give to institutions that benefit themselves and their families. such as big hospitals big cultural institutions big museums. that's our message that charity isn't the answer, higher wages more equitable tax system like the wealth and middle class and habit also tells us that if you give to the organizations you have given to in the past and if you give to an effective coalition like mine new york city coalition against hunger, don't know whether it's effective or not. >> it's the brand name syndrome. about how and why we give do most americans do their research before they give? >> no, in fact the social science research which you're citing shows that the average american puts in exactly zero hours and zero minutes. as joel says he's exactly right, people give out of habit. they give to the brand names, they give to the charities that their friends or family recommends.

ktvu's allie rasmus joins uses live to tell us about today's big -- us live to tell us about today's big give away. >> couple hours ago these boxes were stacked 4 and 5 deep. you couldn't see across the room. the recipients have now come and gone but for many of them, having a chance to meet steph curry was a huge deal. >> the kids walked in -- >> goes crazy. >> we have pictures. >> reporter: parents walked over overwhelmed with gratitude. >> awesome. >> reporter: steph curry handed out packages filled with food to 400 families. [ indiscernible ] >> helps a lot. a lot. >> most important part of this event. everybody should feel joy. a lot of them like it introduce themselves. they see me play, i am not as tall as i look on tv. >> reporter: she asked the star for his autograph. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: that was perfectly okay with her. her mom says meeting him in person was a life changing event. >> it empowers them. one day they could be doing the same thing. following in his footsteps. >> reporter: it wasn't just steph curry who was handing out the packages but members of his f

us. tell us your sister's story. what happened to her. tell us about her. what happened in the car? 2003, my sister was a passenger in a 2004 subaru wrx that was involved in a motor vehicle accident in phoenix where the air bags deployed. that night, after the neurosurgeon came out and talked to my parents. what has hit her in the head. something has hit her to cause this much damage. there's significant damage. you know, what hit her? then on november 6th, as a result of the severe head injuries, we lost her. gerri: how old was your sister kim when she died? >> she was 24. gerri: what was she doing? my understanding she was going to take a teaching job. >> she had worked with teach for america and earlier that year had won an award for teaching special needs children in phoenix. and her and her boyfriend were on their way home, about five minutes from home when they got into the accident. it was not her boyfriend's fault at all. gerri: so you're not blaming him. >> no. gerri: he did walk away from the accident. she was in the passenger's side. and it was the deploying of the air bag

. >> we have a vehicle that has been following us telling us she's a cop and keeps trying to tell us e in the white mazda. >> the women speed up to get away from her. >> she's swerving off the road. she keeps trying to hit us off the road. >> not fast enough. >> she just hit our car! she's pushing us off the road. yes, she's pushing us off the road. she's coming for us. >> according to a california highway newsreel she got out of her car and flashed an unknown ieflgs card claiming to be a sheriff telling the women they were going to jail. she's knocking on our window saying she's a cop. >> the woman sped away to a officer nearby flagging down an officer to help. >> make sure flagging down an or nearby. >> make sure he helps us. >> they arrested her. >> she faces several charges including reckless driving and assault with a deadly weapon. the two women were not seriously injuried in all of that. pretty scary. the life and legacy of singer joe cocker. i'm angela, and i quit smoking with chantix. people who know me, they say 'i never thought you would quit.' but chantix helped me do it.

institute right here in philadelphia inn our man derek pits is chief astronomer there and he joins to us tell us more about this perfect launch. good morning, derek. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and nicole. >> tell us about the orion spacecraft and what nasa is hoping to achieve with this unmanned mission. >> the orion spacecraft is nasa's most recent capsule design and development that will be used going forward into the future to carry humans from the surface of the earth up to lower orbit or lower space actually and it will be capsule used to transfer them possibly to other spacecraft that will go on to the moon and eventually go on to mars. nasa is hoping that everything works well with this so that they can continue to move forward in the development of the capsule. >> derek, we know it is design for deep space travel so how will it pave way for this future space travel you speak of. >> since nasa has not had a spacecraft like this to carry astronauts into deep space for the last 30 or 40 years they have to begin development of systems that will make a safe and relatively simple thing to

tells us that there are no accidents out there. and so far, all of the traffic cameras are showing us a pretty nice commute so far.l lots of room on 580 from top to bottom would be the west 580 commute leaving the altamonte pass. bound for the dublin interchange. and right here the golden gate bridge a little foggy. southbound traffic's move well leaving the waldo tunnel approaching san francisco. the golden gate bridge is going to be shut down the weekend of january 10th but the sidewalks will remain open. the parking lots will be closed. again that's the weekend of january 10. 880 the oakland area lots of room there. no big accidents for the 880 drive between oakland and hayward so you're looking good for all bay area commutes. that's a look at kcbs traffic. now to brian. >>> all righty liza. we are starting out with as we pointed out some fog around the bay area. but otherwise, we've got a mostly sunny and dry day on tap. we'll have some dense fog near the shoreline and patchy dense fog inland. the numbers will begin in the mid 50s. and as we look live over the airport, things flying smoothly so far. 48 degrees

us. tell us what can we from the debris so far. we have seen the bodies. they didn't have life vests. what does that tell you about what may have happened. >> of course my information has been mentioned and will come from the black boxes. it indicated the large piece of fuselage that might indicate that the aircraft came straight down. anything at this point is speculation. we should be able to have the recorders and have information in short time. >> if you can go back to what may have been happening in the cockpit. he asked to go to 38,000 feet and not to go to 34 or 36 but to 38,000 feet. presumably he was trying to go over the storm? >> andrea this accident if you excuse me it underscores two things. the need for cameras in the cockpit. that would be the best defense for the pilot in terms of error to not only have the words and the information, but visually see what the pilot was seeing what operations were needed. the need for deployable and the board made a recommendation in 1999 for two recorders on the aircraft. it took almost three days. if there were any survivors of this accident this probably was unlikely that they were able to exist or survive for that long of a period of time. those were two issues that i hope that industry will again revisit. >> and what about for more of the advanced radar that the industry resisted. this plane was supposed to have it and department have it equipped. >> it's not a worldwide tracking system to not have the deployable, floatable recorders. to not have the cameras in the cockpit. those are all things we have to as passengers and citizens of the world, we need to insist on it. because commercial aviation is really the life blood of the economics of most of the nations in the world. >> going forward, do you think there will be more pressure for better equipped airlines. this is the second incident. # >> i thought after air france. there would be action. with the aircraft and this is really the third incident. hopefully the international civil aviation organization and specifically in our country. the faa will take action. the ntsb my formerancy is going to make recommendations in january in this area. i hope they will be heeded by the industry and government regulators. >> jim hall former ntsb chair, thank you very much. and 2015 will be the year of big changes between the united states and cuba. up next we will talk to the state department's lead negotiator with cuba's government on what will happen next. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. >> important message for women and men ages 50 to 85. please write down this toll-free number now. right now, in areas like yours, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock through the colonial penn program. if you're on a fixed income or concerned about rising prices, learn about affordable whole life insurance with a lifetime rate lock that guarantees your rate can never increase for any reason. if you did not receive your information or if you misplaced it call this number now and we'll rush it to you. your acceptance is guaranteed, with no health questions. please stand by to learn more. >> i'm alex trebek and the announcement you just heard is for a popular and affordable life insurance plan with a rate lock guarantee. that means your rate is locked in for life and can never increase. did you get your free information kit in the mail? 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>> she transforms the intersection in havana. # >> remember the embargo is still in place. it won't change dramatically. >> they loosened the regulations in terms of who can travel and how much trade whether there can be credit for instance. the first time they can be debit cards and that can make it possible. cubans have been complaining that they can't do that because they have to pay cash. >> they will change the definition to make that a little bit easier for those cash transfers. he can't change the entire trade relationship because of the embargo. he made it easier for telecommunications to get on to the island. it's so important that cuban citizens get on board. they have the 12 categories for people who can travel to cuba. lots of things and areas of commerce that are permitted. >>. >> >> the travel and the 12 degrees of people who include artists and journalists. who can actually travel if they have a group or a tour? >> humanitarian groups are allowed to travel. everyday cubans are providing support to the cuban people. cultural groups can travel and athletics are a broader ability to enter change and athletic opportunities. certainly there groups going from medical conferences and international organizations. things of that nature. are the cubans going to prevent that. there groups there that have internet and satellite access but the vast majority don't. >> right. internet access is very low. only about 5%. pda and text messaging and mobile phone penetration is higher now. i think this is a big question and that's what we are hoping will be increased. the cubans have access as millions of people do around the world. >> there has been criticism from a prominent blogger that they should have been job one. this should not be normalized until there is more political freedom. >> the most important thing is that the centrality of human rights didn't change. that will be critically important and we will have deep differences. one of which its repression of we believe this is a better way to report the work. >> this was part of the original agreement? >> we have seen releases of those that we expressed interest in and we expect to see that continue. >> less harassment of the lates in white? >> we have protested that and continue to speak out, but we are not going to pull any punches on what we speak out against. it will remain an area where we have grave differences. >> do you expect by the time the april summit of the americas takes place and president obama that there will be more of an agenda between the two? will you have an embassy by then? i would hope by that time you might have an intersection transformed to an embassy and in terms of an agenda, i expect we will have a robust agenda going forward. # hopefully new areas for cooperation. >> finally briefly and how long would it take to get cuba off the terror list that will be a big deal with them? >> i am not going to prejudge whether they will be coming off or not. i know there is a process under way and the president asked uso undertake that under the secretary's guidance within six months. we will do that and see how quickly we will get that done and the results. we will do that as quickly as we can. >> it's a pleasure. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you so much andre a. >> now to the faux pas who displaced the dream hawaiian wedding. they planned to say their i dos on the military golf course with sweeping views of the pacific. the president spoiled that plan by scheduling a round of golf that day. the bride and groom didn't mind moving to the base commander's lawn and they even got a call from the commander in chief. >> i feel terrible. i hope it wasn't a surprise. >> it was a blessing in disguise. get ready for some german engineered holiday excitement. at the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. right now, for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a new volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta and the precisely engineered passat tdi. ah, the gift o

us, tell us the basics of this. >> sprint needs customers, this is a nice way to e entice people to leave the other carriers, unfortunately, from my perspective, a good deal is not a good deal if the service is bad, you have heard that sprint quality is not there. gerri: this is not for everyone either. another one of down sides. if you are with t-mobile they are not matching that price. >> and you have to useprint phone, trade in your old phone there is a lot of fine print. you should do if you are at&t or verizon customer walk in there mention offer get them to cut your price, your make up artist just told me she did that, she slashed her bill and half, and they gave her a tab throat stay. tablet to stay. gerri: can i tell you how much i love the cell phone wars. talk about another topic, switching gears hard, talk about housing market, what is going on with the apraiseers. we're seeing a bad ghost, from old boom days appraisers over valueing houses why? >> for a number of reasons, recovery is ho-huming along, sales are down, price appreciation is slowing. everyone needs to make money. loan origin nations are down. lenders need to make money, apraiseers need to make money, real estate broker, this is one way to do it. gerri: this is greaseing the wheels of the industry, if the deal does not get done nobody getting paid. >> and the appraisers have it in their hand, what happens if they apr

us. also the dell wood market owners are here. mohammed let's start with you. tell us about your business? how did you get started? >> the business we have been serving the community. it's a very good business. we have a lot of things in the business. >> it's a meat market. >> a butcher shop, yup. we have everything. >> it was looted first in august. >> looted twice. looted twice. >> let's go back to august when it first happened? how much damage was done? how much product was stolen? >> the first time a lot for cleaning and inventory. >> if you had to put a dollar figure on it, can you? >> more than 150. >> was it covered by insurance? >>> oo it's not all of them. we have a limit. we have to get through a lot of stuff to get to it. >> deductibles. >> it doesn't always insurance. >> they don't give you the money the way you even need to be if you have an inventory whatever you show them. they don't give you what you need. >> how much did you lose the second time? >> i don't know exactly. the first time we just borrowed money from ever wherey where we it again. the second time -- the first time they took a lot of stuff and coming back and looted again. >> they also nearly burned yours down. >> i guess the question is, are you going to stay? >> what do you have to do with some of the agitate tors? >> i own add bill misbusiness - small business. i was a contractor. the blood, the toweil, the swea the tears to quote a great guy by the name of winston churchill, it is enormous. it is a full-time job. it is hard. >> it is hard. >> are you angry? >> we don't know what we need to do exactly. i don't know what's coming back or not or what have you. you don't know anything about what you wanted to do. we go back to ferguson. >> that's your store right now. >> yes. >> hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage? >> more. >> if you wore rowed from last time you are not going to get it back. >> no, no. that's very hard. you want to find the money>> you won't be back. >> i hope so. pray for me to come. >> yen you guys have been on the protest p us. tell us what papped first in august. >> it was pretty much the same thing they were lucky luckily it wasn't successful. it was just the thought and feeling of, oh, no, not again. i don't think unless you have been in a situation like this people don't legalize how much hard work it is to run a business and then on top of that have somebody try to ruin your business completely. and you've there for four, five, six, seven, eight days just to clean up. >> and you're not making money. you still have rent or o >> you are not making money. you don't have mearent or mortg to pay. >> i feel sad for the plies i had people working for me who worked 2 jobs 18-20 hour days just trying to make it. like i said earlier the gas companies don't care. they want to pay their bills. >> how many years were you in the business? >> almost 25 years in this business. i want to go back to the comments. >> are you going to rebuild? >> last time my son said i am getting old, which is true. >> what a nice thing

us live in sydney, australia. thank you for being with us. tell us more about what the latest is now this come to an end. what happened to the gunman? >> well, it ended in a dramatic fashion, francis. just a short time ago and what happened was that first there were a number of hostages who fled. it was a dramatic moment where another six people caped. they had hair hand in the area and they ran at the crouch to get out of the building and away. it was promising, of course, to see more people uninjured. a short time later, a matter of minute the later we heard the explosive crack of what sounded like stun grenades. that was followed by not one but two bursts separated by two minutes. quite staccato gunfire. it sounded like things were far more serious. you could smell the smoke in our direction. we're about 200 yarpds from the cafe. the site of the siege since 10:00 this morning. they were held all day forced to put their hands up against the window holding up a islamic banner. regarding the gunman, we're not sure of the status. we've been trying to find it out. we know he's a self-styled shei who has a l

us. thank you for watching france 24. time now for business. we have stephen here with us to tell us about business news today. t's start with russia's currency crisis. >> another interesting day on the currency markets. yesterday, we saw the ruble plunging by 11%, despite an interest rate hike by the central bank. today, the finance ministry in moscow announced it was using its foreign currency reserves to try to boost the ruble. it does seem to be having some effect on the market. we seen a slight rise in trading against the dollar. it is well off the 80 ruble level that it did to yesterday. the currency is undervalued, but the country does have the resources to support it, russian leaders are saying. there are fears over further price hikes. some foreign retailers have raised prices and others have stopped selling goods over the currency crisis. >> with the currency in freefall, some russians are becoming increasingly worried about rising prices and possible shortages. >> we were caught off guard. it is all because our politicians held -- started again they should not have started. and unfortunately, it's th

us. tell us more, reason nay. >>. >> all we know is what's be called computer issues, they have led to essentiallyere. you're looking at a snapshot of flig flightradar24.com. we talked ant how busy this airspace is. look for yourself. you can see those planes in the air. again, this is a snapshot but a snapshot of just a few minutes ago. with this airspace being shut down, if their destination is london heathrow airport, they are going to have to divert. they are not going to be able to land at london heathrow airport. when we talk about heathrow, we know that it is a major international hub. we know this airspace is tremendously busy so now you have all of these flights potentially thousands here that have to find some place to go. they will have to diverse. what's the impact here in the united states? well, when you talk about such a busy airspace, there's no doubt that we will be impacted, again, i have reached out to the faa to get a better feel as to what kind of information they're getting about this ripple effect. still waiting to hear from them but it's a safe bet that when you talk about

us. tell us more about how this is happening. >> reporter: well, suzanne, it's interesting that most of those calls are for unity, calm or for peace or coming together and have actually come from this site, where i am standing. in the past it might have been called the scene of the crime but now it's something far more. it's been called a gathering place for many new yorkers, a place to reflect, a place to mourn. we've also just heard that the mayor's office is asking that tonight buildings and landmarks dim their lights at 9:00 out of respect to the fallen officers. it is just one of the number of ways today that they are honoring those men. at new york city hall, everything stopped at 2:47 p.m. >> now bow our heads in memory of officer ramos and liu. >> reporter: on saturday, two new york police officers were shot to death as they sat in their patrol cars in brooklyn. after days of angry words and political finger pointing of who is to blame, today, silence said the most. earlier, mayor bill de blasio paid an unannounced visit to the street where they were shot. like so many new yorkers, de blasio was drawn to an ordinary corner, now turned almost sacred. last night, with tears streaming down their faces, the family of officer liu spoke. the most powerful words coming from his wife of just two months. >> this is a difficult time for both of our families. but we will stand together and get through this together. >> among those officers condolences, the family of the gunman, ismaaiyl brinsley, who later took his own life, ismaaiyl brinsley says it was a result of untreated mental illnesses. >> we give our condolences to the families. this has nothing to do with police retaliation. this was a troubled -- emotionally troubled kid. he needed help. he didn't get it. >> reporter: also drawn to the street memorial, the daughter of eric garner. the death of her father in the hands of new york police helped spark public protests against the nypd which some say triggered brinsley's attack. garner's daughter says she knows what the officers' families are going through. >> we're not anti-police. we just want everybody to know that we support them and we're out here to lay a wreath and light a candle. >> reporter: and once again, silence became the loudest tribute. and even now, suzanne, we're well past three days since this tragedy and people are bringing notes and tributes and candle, d adding to what is already a memory of those fallen officers. >> martin, thank you so much. it really seems like both of those families are coming together to try to help the community heal. we have democratic congressman who represents the fifth district of new york and he's talking about the way forward and this divide that exists between the mayor and nypd. congressman, thank you for joining us. i want to ask about this because the mayor asked protesters to postpone these demonstrations until after both of these officers are laid to rest. we know there are some groups that have promised to come out into the streets and protest today as early as this evening. what do we know about those planned protests and do you think that is the right decision? >> well, you know, i understand people's right to demonstrate but if, in fact, you are part of the voices for justice that we're talking about for mr. brown and mr. garner, then i think that you should respect the call of the mayor, of the borough president of brooklyn and let's hold off. there needs to be that discipline because gus cities for mr. garner and mr. brown is not what took place. we are all very saddened and very, very heartbroken and very concerned about the death, the assassination, if you will, of the two police officers. >> it's an interesting position. some people feel like -- they don't feel like protesting, neces

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james bays, our diplomatic editor is joining us to tell us more about this decision, james, and more o on on the scene. >> reporter: in some ways its symbolic, but there may be practical benefits for palestine as a result of what is now being decided. let me explain to you first that the international criminal court was set up by the treaty of rome. you have to look in detail at that treaty. that treaty has the assembly of state parking, all of the countries signatories of the initial criminal court, they can come together and meet, and they're meeting today at the united nations in new york. now that meet something significant. all of those signatories are meeting, as well as all the other countries that didn't sign, didn't ratify the treaty of rome, including the u.s. now for the first time palestine has been invited an as one of those other countries. it has exactly the same rights as all of those other countries that haven't signed the rome statute, that are not signatory tots icc. the icc today has recognized palestine as a state. remember, of course, palestine is a member of un

been a female's body inside of the reek will again, that is what the source at the hotel tells us, they tell us police got here around 10:00 o'clock last night. now, police apparently police have already taken in a hotel guest, a man staying here in to custody. we are told he was taken away in handcuffs. police have searched the second floor of the hotel, one guest tells us he awoke to police banging on his door asking if he saw anything. he tells us police were questioning many guests staying overnight and then the the car in question is still on the scene. it is actually been block by police vehicle, white vehicle, its trunk remains opened here on this scene and it is surroundedded by police. again that is very latest. what we know is that philadelphia detectives are involved, they said it began as a missing persons case, philadelphia homicide is now involved but it is not yet a homicide as maple shade continues to investigate. that is very latest, new back to you. >>> early morning fire in frankford send a fire fighter to the hospital. crews responding to a vacant three story building at int

renata comes no and starts screaming and yelling at us and tells us to hold out our hands and we did and she proceed today whack them. and then told us to turn them over and whack them again. and to the point where it was cracking and there was blood and the stinging and it was so hard. and terrible the pain. and then she had the goal to say, now go -- goll to say go back and finish cleaning and i said with what, our feet. and it was crack. she just smacked me across the face and backhanded and it was and it was three or four slappings, so it was adding insult to injury. and then we had to go and clean the bathroom. and the girl, crazy cindy, started cursing. and sister renata thought it was me, so i had bloody hands, they are stinging, i am trying to not touch the soap because it's burning. and she takes the soap out of my hands and sticks it in to my mouth. tells me i have a potty mouth. >> and you were six? >> i was six. and but was -- part of my personality is i couldn't stop laughing because while she's shoving it in my mouth, i am is noting and there is bubbles coming out of my nose so i couldn't stop laughing so like you know,

us. tell us about the links between this terror group in pakistan and isis. are there links there? >> reporter: there are. some leaders have recently defected from the pakistani taliban to isis, including -- they just replaced their spokesman. the spokesman who took credit for today's attack was only there about a month because the prior spokesman had gone over to isis. this is a group, by the way, that has been somewhat of a threat to the united states. they claimed responsibility for the failed times square bombing. they were responsible for the murder of seven cia officers at camp chapman in afghanistan and have threatened directly the united states and british and u.s. interests. and they claimed they wanted to take revenge for the raid against -- that killed bin laden. this is a group, as jim sciutto has said to you, this is a group that really is not only quite radical but has directly challenged the pakistani government and the pakistani military in particular. >> tom fuentes, i can't tell you how many u.s. law enforcement intelligence -- national security officials have said to me just recently in the aftermath of just learning about what happened in pakistan today, if these terrorists are willing to commit such a heinous massacre against schoolkids, fellow muslims, if you will, you can imagine what they would do to americans if they were given a chance. i assume that motivates the u.s. national security community. >> that's true. but i think the community was already well-motivated. these series of attacks go back more than a decade in pakistan where in the past they've killed hundreds at a time of police officers, hundreds at a time of military officers. and of course that's just business as usual. this time when they attack children, they know that they're getting to our hearts all over the world by killing young children. and it goes back to what bobby mentioned. they are against modern education. so if you don't have a school that's teaching hate of the west, hate of infidels, they don't want that education and are willing to skill children and shoot them in the head to prevent it if necessary. >> that's been the issue. the u.s. has been pressing pakistan to take on the pakistani taliban more aggressively. they've been doing that with a military operation up in the tribal areas. but the question is, what about the other things that fuel this kind of thinking in that part of the country? i've been up on those border areas. they are teaching a view of the world that helps turn young kids into terrorists. >> bobby, if you're an american diplomat or any american in islamabad or karachi or someplace in pakistan, you have to wonder how safe it is over there. what do you say to folks who may be over there, not only americans but europeans and others? >> certainly very few foreigners dare to venture into peshawar anymore. i'm sure foreigners around the country are feeling that much more -- truth be told, all pakistanis now are feeling threatened. and any child -- any parent who's sending their kid to school, whether it's in karachi, lahore or islamabad, there's a fear factor there. but peshawar is -- you remember the sort of crucible in which modern islamist militancy was created. this is where the cia, the pakistani military recruited young men to go across the border of afghanistan and fight against the soviet union. that frankenstein's monster, once it was released, has never brought back into control again. and peshawar has become unfortunately used to this kind of violence. only a year ago, there were a couple of suicide attacks on a single church. nearly 130 christians were killed. this number today breaks that horrific record. >> and, fran, i know there have been ups and downs in the u.s./pakistani relationship, the cooperation in terms of fighting terror. what is it like right now? how good or not so good is that relationship? >> well, the pakistani government has had its own sort of domestic political problems. and they're being attacked from their right flank, from extremists within pakistan. there has been an uptick in their willingness to confront the pakistani taliban. but i will tell you, what i worry most about is a tendency in national security circles to view this as an away problem. you remember the times when we heard about al qaeda in the arabian peninsula being only a regional threat. i think too often people say, we're dealing with isis -- the pakistani taliban is more of a regional threat. well, they're not. th

us. tell us about the experience of your friend and her daughter. >> her brother was in that building, and she went to get him. but all she could see was gunfire, gunshots being fired and bloodshed everywhere. so she had to go there and escape somehow, but she had to get her brother somehow, but she couldn't. and then they thought she was dead, they turned away and that is how she managed to escape. >> and how is her brother. >> she couldn't find him. >> so we don't know how he is, whether he survived? >> no, we don't know. >> what a terrible, terrible time for the parents. is anyone helping them, talking them through about what could have happened and what's going on? >> no, the parents -- the mother was actually glad to get the father back home. there's no news of the son. >> and are you hearing news of what is happening at the school at the moment? is it over? have they killed the last of the taliban gunmen? >> no, it's still going on. the operations of the army are still going on out there. >> and shireen, what was your reaction when you first heard of what was happening there? that a school with children inside was being attacked in this way. >> we started hearing the sirens and gunshots being fired. and suddenly the word started spreading around that there's some operation going on in a public school. and by operation, they actually meant some terrorists dressed up in army uniforms. they tried to get hold of the people there. >> what would you like to see your government do now? >> instead of taking it personally, they should do something about the people here. it's the most vulnerable that pay the price. what was their point -- why were they killed for that? i would say the government should focus more on the people rather than their own fortunes. >> i'm very pleased your friend's daughter is safe and i hope indeed that they do find her brother as well safe and well. >> thank you very much. >> a short time ago, i spoke to someone from the red crescent society. he's been at the hospital from peshawar and this is what he told me. >> we hear the blast going on. there is still one block of students in class. just a little while ago, we talked to the shorts and apparently it's 126 dead bodies are reported so far. they are trying to cope with the situation. hundreds of patients injured, but the exact number are still not known. you can hear the blast going on. they're still officially going on inside the school. they are ready to serve. but the situation is very critical. nobody knows what is happening, how many students are still inside. so that is the situation so far. >> it's obviously critical for everyone there that the hospitals cope with the flood of injured and people who are coming in. have you got enough supplies in the hospitals, enough blood? have you got enough people to even care for all of these injured people? >> yes, actually. along with our health team, along with our donor volunteers, along with the medic volunteers. it seems that they are at the moment capable of coping with this situation. so they don't need any blood donation or support being offered by pakistan workers and organizations. >> what is being done to help the participants? we understand that many distraught parents have gathered outside the school desperate for news of their children. >> there's a large crowd outside the school waiting for their near and dear ones. we have witnessed so many of the parents who recently got news about their children. still 100 or so people waiting outside. just to know what is actually happening. so it's quite a -- it's not very clear actually to anyone what number of students are still inside. the highest section of the school is still not clear. >> can you give us a sense of how you're feeling today after what you've seen and what you're experiencing at the moment and the pain of those parents of course? >> looking at the school children, starting from primary, to middle and high school. one cannot explain actually the feeling. it's really painful. there's so much upset. until now, the situation is still not very clear. especially for those children who are still stuck. >> as he was saying in, the situation still unclear. from what we understand, there is still a military operation taking place at the school. we understand a sixth attacker has been killed. there is a perimeter that has been set up around the school, but there are still explosions and gunfire being hear at the scene. as soon as we have more details, we'll bring them to you. this is the live shot you can see right now. things looking reasonably calm, but this is the edge of the perimeter in peshawar. evening, of course, drawing in. everyone in pakistan, but they're particularly t

us. tell us about that? >> it is pretty bad "newsweek" for frequent flyers. united hat one-two punch. next year if you're elite flyer you will have to spend more to maintain elite status. not only fly certain amount but spend 25% more on united ticketed flights. those who spend first class are generally fine but business travelers who have to book low fares are caught in a pinch. gerri: cutting upgrades, pointsu benefits. >> more fees. gerri: not giving you for miles flown but money spend. >> exactly. united and delta, 2015 they will stop awarding awards how far you fly but on on the money you spe. if you are on economy fares you will earn a ton less miles. ev evaluate the loyalty and make sure you're in the spending and flying habits. gerri: amounts spent not miles flown. i want people to see this here. going to san francisco to singapore on united, paying 969 for that ticket, the current miles program would award you 16,000 miles. the new one will award you just 4200. going new york to london on delta for 961, the current miles program award you 6900. the new program will award you 3600. come on. like they don't want to do business with me. >> exactly. for short haul flyers on flipside, spending $800 to flying new york to montreal which happens for last minute travelers this might be good for you. if you're economy and prieding on cheap air fares you get a loo less miles next year if you stay with those miles. gerri: you said there is loophole out there. what is it? >> i always recommend choosing a program, you know, even if you fly on delta, and you don't want to play with their program, you can bank delta flights on airlines. don't have to bank airlines into the miles you are flying. putting them into partner program might be much more valuable. gerri: all the airlines have partners they do business with. >> exactly. gerri: sipping pour airlines will give you a lot more miles than say, one of the our domestic flyers would. >> exactly. most foreign carriers are still awarding based on miles flown. so on that flight to singapore you could bank to singapore airlines much make sure the farb class you're buying gives miles in that program. there are some, fine print to read through. but it really makes sense to make sure you're maximizing your miles and points going into 2015. gerri: i bet they're going to close that loophole. >> yeah, probably. unfortunately. don't give them any ideas. gerri: great to talk to you. appreciate your time. up next, more help getting your finances before ringing in 2015. tax tips continue after the break. don't go away. stamps.com is the best. i don't have to leave my desk and get up and go to the post office anymore. [ male announcer ] with stamps.com you can print real u.s. postage for all your letters and packages. i have exactly the amount of postage i need, the instant i need it. can you print only stamps? no... first class. priority mail. certified. international. and the mail man picks it up. i don't leave the shop anymore. [ male announcer ] get a 4 week trial plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. including postage and a digital scale. if every u.s. household with here's aa computerfor you: usedthey weren't using it, how much could we save on electricity each year? up to $1 billion? $3 billion? $4.5 billion? the answer is... up to $4.5 billion. using your computer's built-in energy-saving features can generate real household savings. take the energy quiz -- round 2. energy lives here. ♪ ♪ gerri: don't let taxes steal your holiday cheer. we've got important end of year tax tips for handling your portfolio that has probably, thank goodness, seen substantial gains this year. fox business' tracy byrnes is a former accountant, my friend. she knows what you need to know. >> here's the thing, like you said, you probably made some money, and you have gains. you don't want to pay tax on that. if you're a high net worth, you're paying upwards of 23.8% thanks to obamacare, so you've got to generate some losses. be very careful. you might have positions that have losses that you really still want to hold. irs is totally on to you because they say, look, if you have a stock, let's say you

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thank you for taking the time to be with us and tell us a little bit about it, and we look forward to what's coming up next. thanks again. >> thanks for having us and still ahead, from backup singer to center stage, darlene love on her career and the movie that changed her life. plus. fitz and the tantrums. what it takes to make it big. >> i honestly am not good at picking hits. you know, when i -- my label actually chose, i tried my first big single and i didn't think that was a good idea, actually argued with him, said that wasn't a big song to turn out. >> that turns out to be your biggest hit ever right? >> yes, ever! >> obviously, the news i the with john hughes are the most well-known and no matter what i do i think i'll some ways be known for that. and some people love the books i've written and music i've done or seen me in the stand with stephen king. i've done a lot of things. everything speaks to everybody in a different way. >> that was a little piece of the interview we did with molly ringwald. >> i asked lie darlene love abo0 feet from stardom. >> i haven't felt like i was 20 feet from stardom for a long time. it was doing that mo

us to tell us whether anything is being said over at the u.n. on the release of the summary of this report absolutely. this people talking about it all over this building a real sense of unsays p a spokesman had his daily news conference. reporters there asked about the torture report. they are promising excepts to come after they have fully studied the report. remember coming up on wednesday, international human rights day so it may well be the breeches of human rights are discussed and they make a full statement former hi released yet lit be the first few minutes. he is the u.n. special repertoire on counter terrorism and human rights. this is his mar subject that he exams and he says he welcomes the belated publication of this report which shows crimes of torture and forced disappearance. he says it is now time to bring to justice those responsible. he says they must face criminal penalties and the fact this was authorized at the highest level of u.s. government is no excuse whatsoever. he says this should apply not just to those that carries out the the abuses that were there in those december tension centers but also to those who devised planned and authorized these crimes you have already had the difficulty, he says the u.s. must bring these people to justice because of the treaties that it signed into law. it signed the convention against torture anden enforced disappearances so he says the u.s. must under those treaties which it signed bring those responsibility for torture to justice. one other thing to add, we have signatures they have signed the statute that set up the international criminal court here, at the moment, and i can tell you they are also talking about this report, i think we all knew that this was some very bad things going on that there was some very bad instances of torture, but i think when you listen to the people speaking what they are talking about is the damming detail. >> after the 9/11 attacks, it's revealed a 480 page report wrapping up five years of investigations into the controversial tactics she spoke at length about how the government was mislead. >> detainees and treatment, because c.i.a. analysts believe often in error that they knew more information than what they had provided sometimes managers in the field were uncomfortable with what they were being asked to do, and recommended ending the abuse of the detainee. repeatedly, in such cases they were overruled by people at c.i.a. headquarters who thought they knew better. well she also spoke about why there was no ideal time to release the torture report. >> i have gone through a great deal of interspection, about whether to delay this release to a later time. that clearly is a period of turmoil and instability in many parts of the world, unfortunately, that's going to continue for the foreseeable future, with this report is released or not. there are those who will seize upon the report. and say ski what the americans did, and they h try to use it to justify evil actions or incite more violence. we can't prevent that. but history will judge us to a commitment to a just society governed by law, and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say never again. scraws to bring you some other news. has fired his vice president joyce -- he was left go days after she lost her post in the ruling party. she has been accused of aattempting to assassinate a frenchman who was kidnapped in mali three years ago has been freed. he was captured by a group linked to al quaida. the french president says that he is in relatively good health, despite the conditions of his captivity. qatar says it is joining other gulf monarchies in supporting egypt's leader road map for reconciliation, this is happening at the annual summit of the leaders of the gulf state who have gathered here in doha. g.c.c. ambassadors and the u.a.e. only recently returned to doha after a diplomatic row over support the the muslim brotherhood. the gulf countries depend on uni

us to tell us what the main results were of the conference. >> who are talking about pledges that aren't necessarily specific, they are a big vague, but when we try to pin him down, he says look, in terms of resettlement, among the immediate neighbors we had taken about fort thousand going into this meeting and we have come out of this meeting with members of the juries in the region of 100,000. which as you say, is more than double it's not enough, in his words. it is a step, but he does believe that it does represent progress for syrian refugees. >> mass resettlement, can't really be the only solution, what are the other options? well, it is certainly not the only solution. the high commission itself believes that something like 10% of the syrian refugees who are currently in those neighboring countries and specifically really jordan lebanon and turkey above all, some 10% of them that's 300,000 at least, need resettlement. they are children, people with health problems they will never be able to go home. they need material support, in order to retain the material strain of hosting that many people but in the long long term, of course, the only solution to this terrible problem is as is stainable peace, and it goes without saying that that is way beyond the unhcr. >> thank you very much reporting from geneva. john reports on the plight of war refugees in europe. >> this carries the hopes of 600 people. they huddled for almost a week, until it's engine broke, the piston they didn't have the parts to fix, and they drifted dangerously. they were towed to europe on the island which reaches out like an oasis they were met here by emergency services and a lot of people who helped. they are very grateful because they have been saved. >> that gratitude may not last syrians arriving may stay for six monos but they cannot work or repilled their lives here, and they have taken to the streets to protest against that. >> we have spent our money here, for nothing. we want to go to europe to find a good life and find a future, we are good people. >> the new syrian and afghan arrivals are kept under heavy police guard. locals drop off food. >> they are very grateful, they thank us every day, but they want this to be over, they want to go on their way, they are doctors, lawyers, respectable people, not poor. >> far from it, the value of this passage is estimated at well over $2 million these people pay to to as far as germany and italy. >> they were forced to abandon lives because of their religious identity, they are the fabric of the syrian and afghan middle class being cobled to threat. and they form a surge in asylum applications across the developed world. >> some two dozen prepare to be taken to shelters around the country, relieves to move on to the next step. they now face the realities of poverty in exile. al jazeera. well, there could be some good news, the food program is which it suspend add week ago, the agency said on tuesday that a fund raising drive has raised $80 million. spain and thailand are the latest countries to shut down the online taxi company. >> india has asked the local government to stop all unregistered taxi services. it is a proble

us. they tell us about the root from which we have all grown. -- youhave to remember know, i was walking through the lobby today, and so many people stopped to say hello. i remember faces better than names, but i don't remember every name. oftentimes people see me and juan,think of, there is he sees back. but i don't. i worked for npr -- tom had to bring that up -- people would say i recognize your voice from radio and it is good to put a face to the voice. i would think, i don't recognize you either. tv, the otheron day a lady said to me it is good to finally put a body with the face. wow. theought i hope she likes body, you know what i mean. but to see all of you, to see so many friends and faces is really, for me, to put the heart .n community action it's to put the brains that are behind the hands to do the helping every day, it is the work you just heard reference that makes community action, live. people who have helped you, things that all of you have done. cherished memories. lefts that maybe you have undone, regrets, memories that haunt you. so many memories today. i saw a sign outside a church the best and it said way to measure your wealth is to take a look at what you have when all the money is gone. i think about that in relation to community action. this room is overwhelming. >> the smile on the face of a excellencedards of eng that you've set, people that you've lifted up, people you've inspired, people you've mentored, your ability to make a difference in a life. that is what matters. that's the greatest memory of all. it's also a matter, of course, want to be remembered. not simply forgotten 50 years the fact, 50 years after beay, but how we want to remembered. we all want to be remembered in a certain way. senator ted kennedy, i remember when he was dying, he didn't remembered for all the money his family had put together. for't want to be remembered the scandals in chappaquiddick. that was for sure. didn't want to be remembered for fact that two of his assassinated.een it's telling that ted kennedy, as he was dying, wrote a letter the pope and he said, i want know, your holiness, that in my 50 years of elected champion forbeen a the rights of the poor. open doors of economic opportunity. a quote.s boy, that sounds like something else. resonates with memory and it resonates with the purpose all today.reflect here he is speaking up for the elderly, for children, for immigrants, people afflicted with drug addiction, alcoholism, people who don't have opportunity. as he'sted kennedy, dying, talking about that as the wanted to be remembered. now, the question is, you know, dying.nedy is his legacy is all he has on his mind. he's focused. but day to day, for all of you, and you've heard some of that earlier, you are so overwhelmed with the meetings, with the paperwork, with the bureaucracy. emergency situations. theets, the lawyers, politics. so much of that preoccupies your every moment. you're not concerned with how you'll be remembered. to today i would ask you open your mind to memory, to memories across the 50 years of community action, to think about community action, to think about people who sacrificed to bring far, toy action this think about people who use their hearts,eir skill, their to think about all of your sacrifices, to make this moment, make this gathering, to bring all of us together at this moment possible. know, i was listening to what the minister had to say earlier. and i was thinking to myself, wow. theknow, jesus said in sermon on the mount blessed are the merciful. peacemakers, for for be called children of god. they will be remembered for all time. 50 years later, we can see that community action is being remembered for all time. for feeding the hungry, and nutrition, food banks, clothing the naked, training, helping the stranger, disaster relief, visiting that prisoner, reentry programs, remembering the fuelly, emergency programs, housing, aid, shelter, all of this, communitye reality of action, not being done because near death andnt focused on memory but because this is the good work, the ongoing work, the everyday work, the light of community action. this is your life. [applause] this is your life. this is your good

i think it tells us three things. first, it tells us that by the time of his death taney had come to embody the slave power, the entrenched pro-slavery interests that the union was attempting to defeat. the "they have no rights" language of dred scott, the union's adoption of a policy of emancipation, and tan eye's attem attempts to ford the lincoln administration turned taney into a highly visible public enemy. by 1864, it was clear that tapey stood for the rights of slave holders, for no rights for black people, and he stood opposed to lincoln's efforts to prosecute the war. in the north there may have been no greater symbol of the south and all that it stood for than chief justice taney. second, it tells us that these really were revolutionary times. it is striking that in a nation that had so valued its institutions, its founders, its constitution, and its court system for decades, that one of its most distinguished and longest serving justices, my experience so rapid a fall in the minds of the northern public. in 1864 and 1865, man

. >> tell us that. tell us that. i don't know. just pick up the phone, man. i don't cover everything he does. i think the last time i did a story on ben lareno was when i was up in wall street journal in 1988 where i reported he was given this huge contract to jump from one firm to ubs where they paid him something like $70 million over three years. that was the last time i did anything since sage kelly. you know, you're making that much money, you just can't pop in. liz: almost every anchor speaks before the interns and gives a speech. >> i deal with interns all the time. i think it's part -- it's what you should be giving back a little bit to the team. liz: pay it forward, darling. charlie, thank you. charlie gasparino. closing bell, 28 minutes away. temperatures are dropping. the snow is falling. if you're here or you just want your portfolio to do well because of a ski stock, do not miss my exclusive interview. vail resorts ceo cats cats. he's bought a business sentiment. what about his new plan to build the largest ski resort in the entire country? it ma

this woman tells us -- this woman's sister tells us she is no longer able to speak. >> they did not help us. what can my sister do? all she can do is cry. >> three decades after the disaster, the site still has not been cleared up. the gas continues to contaminate water, but leaving the area is not an option for most able here. he is 58 years old and cannot afford to leave his job. but going to work only reminds him of his suffering. >> in germany, the government has introduced changes to the country's residency laws. if approved, the reforms will make it easier to deport non-germans who commit crimes. >> but they will also ease the burden on thousands of asylum seekers who have been left in limbo. we take a closer look now at one woman whose future here is uncertain. >> irene does not want to show her face. she is on her way to the immigration authorities with her daughter. she has to report their every two weeks to find out whether she will be allowed to stay in germany or whether she will be deported. the experience is humiliating. >> sometimes he do not even talk to me. he do not eve

the bwest byte is one number which tells us a whole light. -- tells us a whole light. ls a whole lot. >> the number is 2015. that is the year that so-called internet pirate kim.com will bring his internet party to the u.s.. he said today in a tweet -- >> does this involve a disco ball or is this political? >> it will stir things up and he says he will be hillary's worst nightmare in 2015. here is a guy who tried to do this in new zealand and did not get any seats in parliament and the september election. he has not been that effective so far area he also tweeted to this -- he said he will help with the public relations area he has hundreds of thousands of twitter followers but he -- but the u.s. is trying to make him a flight risk. they want to keep them out of the country so i don't know how this will work. dotdom hasnds likeim more to do. is this serious? >> he will certainly put his money behind politics and has donated more than $2 million of his own money in new zealand. he says this will be an american run operation. be a huget plan to part of it except for the en

let's speak to jennifer glass on the phone for us, and jennifer, a lot of people used this school. tell us what more you know about the explosion. >> the suicide bomber get i go in and blowing himself inside that auditorium. we understand from the police authorities that one has been killed and 19 injured in that attack. there are a couple of reports as to whether there was a performance going on in the auditorium. it is in the afghan capitol where people gather for those kinds of performances. it is a secure place, going through a checkpoint, often people are searched, so they ever been looking closely to see how that suicide bomber got into this very secure location in the heart of kabul. >> do you have more information about the suicide bomber? i'm getting reports that he was a 17-year-old boy. >> we don't have that confirmed yet. he was a young man. initial reports show his body still lying on the ground. it was quite a shocking attack, just because it is in the very heart of kabul, close to the only five star hotel, maybe a few hundred meters from the street that has the foreign minis

us. tell us what the weather data is.to you on what retailers will sell going into christmas. chris going into christmas, we have -- >> going into christmas, we have cold weather. it has been very mild. that compares to the polar vortex of last year. the pattern has completely changed. it will all change and will become more seasonably cold. you throw on top of that the expected increase of traffic to your there are people out there getting ready to spend a lot of money. there will be a massive surge this week and going into the holiday. people will start buying differently because they will start buying things they had not been buying, which is outerwear >> shopping, they were just not buying the cold winter clothes, essentially. now retailers have to stock up more and make sure they are prepared for the onslaught. yes. from a consumer and markdown perspective, a great deal, especially right after the holiday. >> so you are the king of this retail. tell us, will we see a lot of markdowns? yes we are, but it was makes me

we know he's the architect, and what are we supposed to do, kiss him on both cheeks and tell us, please, tell us what you know? of course not. >> how do you answer vice president cheney. >> we decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martials american soldiers for waterboarding philippine insurgents in the philippine revolution. we decided it was torture when we prosecuted japanese soldiers as war criminals and we decided waterboarding was torture when the american court system described waterboarding as torture when ronald reagan and his department of justice prosecuted a texas sheriff and several of his associates. >> what about the memo that says the specific intent to inflict severe pain is a key element for it becoming -- being seen as torture? >> i think if you are involved in the kind of activity that was described in this report, it would be hard not to, for a jury, not to conclude that you had that specific intent if you were applying those techniques and seeing what the consequences and effects were on those individuals. >> karl? >> every torturer wants information or propa

us. tell us about the program that's been going on for years. >> since 1985. 29 years been helping out the community ever since. >> reporter: tell userstand it started with a few families in the beginning like a -- there was a shift of firefighters that say we should help out needy families. >> here at station 18 people come to us for help all of the time. we hope to get this -- like i said we started in 1985. started with two families now we're up to 200 feales. >> reporter: what's inside the food boxes, fruit baskets. >> it's almost like a thanksgiving was kept turkey and beans and rice and canned foods and everything that people need to have a nice family dinner. >> reporter: where do you hand the positions to? churches. >> needy families? >> people contact local 55 or max and put their name in for receiving the boxes and we distribute them through houses of worship generally speaking. >> reporter: what does it mean for you to do something like this? oakland firefighters very busy especially during the rainy season. it has to be very good for your heart and everything else, right, i mean in terms of helping people out? >> firefi

tell us why you support up to cancer. krystal and i did this morning. money goes directly to treatment for new cancer patients. joining user of council for stand up to cancer. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having us on the program today to talk about stand up and giving tuesday. >> tell us all about it. as i was saying earlier, oftentimes you don't know exactly where your money is going. where does the money go directly to and how do you do it? >> that's one of the exciting things about standard up to cancer because 100% of all moneys received from the general public go directly to translational cancer research. we made a real goal at the beginning of stand up to cancer that we would tell people where their money is going and what the research is doing. so, every six months we have progress reports from our 13 dream teams and our innovative research grants because we want you to know where that money is going so that you can feel really confident in giving to stand up to cancer. >> you guys are doing the social media thing, the unselfie, abby, i think you were calling it a givy, is that -- >> no, no. unse

joining us from jerusalem, first of all, tell us exactly what happens with him and why he was shot dead. >> well, what we know and we have been speaking to eyewitnesses in the refugees camp, they told us the early hours of this morning israeli forces that area. there was a sizable number of israeli forces taking part in the raid and we understand that the 21-year-old came out to his roof and that is, according to eyewitnesses, when he was shot in the head by these is really i forces. he was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. we also understand that another palestinian man a 24-year-old was also shot during that israeli raid. he has been take then to israeli custody. he's in stable condition. we understand, but is still being questioned. but, of course, we still haven't been told what exactly was behind this raid. why the israelis were there. all we have been told bite israelis is that there was some sort of explosive material use there had or being housed there. but, again, very few details. however, we can confirm that a 21-year-old was killed. >> let me ask you about the news we are hearing that there have been 10 suspects, that have been arrested by israel

us from cnn's international weather center. derek, we appreciate it. do stand by for us. if you are just joining us we want to reset and tellin to us here at cnn. an airasia flight en route from the indonesian city of surabaya to singapore is missing. an indonesian transport official tells cnn flight 8501 lost contact with air traffic controllers early sunday morning. to be precise, we are told it lost contact at 7:24 a.m. sunday morning local time. now, the pilot reportedly requested an unusual route before the plane lost contact. the airline says a crisis center has been set up and search and rescue operations are under way. there are reports as many as 162 people are on board that airbus 320. we want to put up a shot on our screen so you can see the aircraft, the type of aircraft that we're talking about. we have a picture of that airbus 320. that's the kind of plane we're talking about. an airbus 320. indonesian tv reports that most of those on board this flight were indonesians, are indonesians i should say with three koreans, one passenger from singapore, one from the uk, and one from malaysia, all on board. now, we a

people tell us they get a good night's sleep. liz: what are priorities? they tell usi-fi or breakfast. >> they want value. that will be changed next year. as part of the survey what would you be willing to give up for discount? over half of them i give up bar in hotel to get a better price. half of them said, i do without housekeeping service to get a better price. and 26% said of them said i will do without my cell phone. if you recall we also put out a survey that said travelers would rather lose their luggage than lose their cell phone. so that is pretty interesting. they're looking for value. the good thing we do that. the free wi-fi, free breakfast. free parking at almost all of our hotels. we're giving value and they're coming out in big numbers. david: your franchisees, how are they doing? >> they're doing great. >> there have been some regulations working against them, et cetera, right. >> yes. they had really, if you look back to '08, had a pretty tough road through kind of '13. it had bright spots but '14 has been all good. next year looks really strong for